Police: Middle-School Teacher, 25, Solicited Student Via Text Messages
Man Being Held On No Bond
POSTED: Monday, March 3, 2008
UPDATED: 7:09 am EST March 4,
2008
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An Orlando middle-school teacher was arrested Monday on suspicion of soliciting sex from a 14-year-old student, authorities said.James Stafford, 25, a teacher at Corner Lake Middle School, is being held at the Orange County Jail on no bond.According to Orange County sheriff's investigators, Stafford got the student's phone number off a piece of paper that she passed to another student in class on Feb. 26.Stafford sent the student several text messages, and the following day, the student, who suspected that Stafford sent the messages, called him from her cell phone in class, investigators said. According to Orange County sheriff's deputies, the student said Stafford answered his phone and she went to the principal's office and showed administrators the messages, which were sexual in nature."Different sex acts: 'Do you like sex? Have you ever done it with a teacher before? How to get a better grade in the class? To perform sex acts.' Things of that nature," Orange County sheriff's Sgt. Rich Mankewich said.Investigators said Stafford admitted that he sent the messages.Stafford, who has been teaching at Corner Lake since August, has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of the investigation.Investigators said Stafford has a wife who is pregnant.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2008 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com.
All rights reserved. This material may
not be published, broadcast, rewritten
or redistributed.
Authorities release a chilling 911 call from a 19-year-old woman who hid in the back bedroom of a Central Florida home while four men attempted to break into the house.
An ex-wife of the man who found the remains of Caylee Anthony says that she thought her ex-husband was responsible for or involved in the girl's death.
Five people are dead after a mobile home fire broke out in Central Florida.
Dashcam video shows a Florida woman offering an officer sex instead of getting a ticket.
A 3-year-old boy was left stranded at a commuter train platform when a door on the train malfunctioned, separating the toddler from his dad. A good Samaritan stayed with the child until the father could return. (Nov. 20)
A woman tired of hearing her son say he lost another sock has come up with an idea to prevent it from happening again.
South Carolina police say an obese man died after not moving from his recliner for the past eight months. Police say the man's body was physically stuck to the chair and firefighters had to cut him out. He died a few hours later at the hospital.
An Oregon appeals court has ruled against an Oregon high school teacher who wants to take her gun to class. She has been battling for years and says she needs the gun for protection. (Nov. 20)
Take a quick look at the flicks headed to your multiplex. Check out the trailer, too.
Thirty Victoria's Secret supermodels take over New York's Times Square this week.
Email Alerts
RSS News Feeds
Mobile
Live Streams
Slideshows
Video
Search
